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W M Irvine1, P Friberg, A Hjalmarson, S Ishikawa, N Kaifu, K Kawaguchi, S C Madden, H E Matthews, M Ohishi, S Saito, H Suzuki, P Thaddeus, B E Turner, S Yamamoto, L M Ziurys.
Abstract
We report the astronomical identification of the cyanomethyl radical, CH2CN, the heaviest nonlinear molecular radical to be identified in interstellar clouds. The complex fine and hyperfine structures of the lowest rotational transitions at about 20.12 and 40.24 GHz are resolved in TMC-1, where the abundance appears to be about 5 x 10(-9) relative to that of H2. This is significantly greater than the observed abundance of CH3CN (methyl cyanide) in TMC-1. In Sgr B2 the hyperfine structure is blended in the higher frequency transitions at 40, 80, and 100 GHz, although the spin-rotation doubling is clearly evident. Preliminary searches in other sources indicate that the distribution of CH2CN is similar to that for such carbon chain species as HC3N or C4H.Entities:
Keywords: NASA Discipline Exobiology; NASA Discipline Number 52-10; NASA Program Exobiology; Non-NASA Center
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Year: 1988 PMID： 11538463 DOI： 10.1086/185323
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Astrophys J ISSN： 0004-637X Impact factor: 5.874